Posted by barbara on 10/5/2003, 7:33 pm, in reply to "Florida song?I want to wake up in Florida" --Previous Message--
You can't imagine my joy at finding this posting. I learned this song in l969 at Sabal Palm elementary in North Miami Beach. i've been singing it incorrectly for years. Can't wait to buy the sheet music.
: Hi!
: I'm not sure if anyone can help...but
: I'm trying to find information on
: a song that goes: I want to wake
: up in /Florida where the orange
: blossoms grow... where the sun
: comes peeping into where I'm
: sleeping and the song birds say
: hello...I want to wander through
: the orange groves where the
: children used to roam....and I'll
: make my home in florida, where the
: orange blossoms grow.
: If anyone knows different words or
: who wrote it or when or where I
: could find the sheet music I'd be
: ever so grateful!!
: Thanks!
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